Bud and Eunice, I am mailing a copy of your thoughts regarding large animal vets to John Thomson, Dean of Iowa State University Vet School.  The principle is much the same as an article in the Wall Street Journal about General Motors and training managers about 20 years  ago.  It basically stated GM was wasting lots of money training at schools etc and just needed to find the best they had within the company and let them train the brightest young employees in the company instead of spending $millions on schools and Management games.